Tribulation of Myriad Races - Chapter 2054: Chaos In Upper Realm (2)

Chapter 2054: Chaos In Upper Realm (2)

Su Yu looked at Great Zhou King and said, “Human Emperor shouldered a heavy burden. He suffered to grant others happiness. He was a saint. Perhaps he had his personal desires and goals as well, but what he did was enough to make him a saint.

“But Great Zhou King, not everyone wants to be a saint. It is tiring to be one. It is too difficult to be one. I would rather be as carefree as Culture King, to come and go as I please. To kill and protect as I please. I don’t want to have humanity and the world as my shackles.

“Do you not understand this? Even after I withdraw so willingly right after Hundred Battle’s return? If I really wanted to be the next Human Emperor, I wouldn’t have withdrawn from the Human Realm. As I said before, I only protect those I want to protect. That is the extent of my responsibility.

“Am I supposed to extend my protection to someone like Hundred Battle because he’s a fellow human? Perhaps he was never wrong. But why should I protect someone who had abandoned humanity once? When he had the ability to protect humanity, he gave everything up for the sake of a future victory. Why should I take responsibility for what he did?

“There is a limit to how lenient I can be. Take my time in the academy as an example. Am I supposed to forgive the likes of Zhou Mingren despite what they did?

“Heavenly Seal King was a human as well. He never betrayed humanity. Or to be precise, he never betrayed what you defined as humanity. But he had wronged my teachers. Should I forgive them?

“People like Shadow serve Hundred Battle. That isn’t wrong. I shouldn’t have abandoned them since they are fellow humans. But I am not so lenient. I dislike them. Why should I take them with me?

“I am no Human Emperor. His dao appeared once due to my moment of weakness. I was softhearted. But after I rejected it once, it never returned. Do you know why? Because even the dao understood that my sense of responsibility was momentary. It wouldn’t last. Making me take responsibility over humanity forever? What joke is this?

“I am no saint. I said this many times before. I am merely a single living being amid countless living beings. With enough strength, I am willing to bear more responsibility than before. I am willing to protect those who have helped me before. I am also willing to assist some of the pitiful ones, but that’s due to sympathy, not a sense of responsibility. This has never been my responsibility. And I am not interested in bearing this responsibility. Nobody can force any responsibility on me. Do you understand now, Zhou Tian?”

This was the very first time Su Yu had ever addressed Great Zhou King by his original name. Su Yu was Su Yu. Not Human Emperor the second. He was no successor of Human Emperor. He had his own thoughts and pursuits. He did not need the pursuits of others.

“Perhaps I might change in the future. But that isn’t happening now. If you disagree, you are free to leave. You should still have some trump cards hidden away. Go and do whatever you want with your trump cards. I only need like-minded people around me. Those willing to kill when I want to kill, drink when I want to drink, and battle the Myriad Realms when I want to exterminate the myriad races.

“I will do what I want, say what I want, and experience this wondrous world. And if a day comes when I find even humanity annoying, I will abandon humanity as well. Why should I care? Am I supposed to beg humanity to accept my help?

“Beg them to help me and make humanity great again? The other day, Martial Emperor asked me to beg him. Do you know what I told him? I said that I can beg outsiders, but I will never beg a fellow human.

“Yes, the door might be open for me to seek shelter under him. But why should I? That was what Martial Emperor wanted as well. He wanted to see me grovel and beg. That way, his mood might improve and he might agree to help. But why should I?

“Human Emperor might be willing to do all that. Humanity is a burden for him to shoulder. He is willing to do anything for humanity. I can’t.

“Zhou Tian, you are free to leave if you don’t want to keep following me. If you believe Hundred Battle is the better successor, go. Don’t waste your time here. Go join Hundred Battle. I won’t stop you.”

Great Zhou King’s aura remained turbulent, as though he was gnashing his teeth in fury. After a long silence, he said, “This is not what I’m trying to do. I…merely…can’t understand why you give up when an opportunity is right before you. You were chosen by Human Emperor. Can you really surpass Human Emperor by pioneering your own dao? Why? Why must you reject it? Just because you don’t want to bear this responsibility? You can always use Human Emperor’s dao temporarily and look for a new successor after completing your own dao…”

Su Yu sneered and said, “Piss off. I’m young, not stupid. Human Emperor’s dao is incomplete. The moment I fuse with it, I will need to keep building on it to grow stronger. In the process, my entire being will become one with the dao.

“I can freely give up on the pen dao, but can I do the same with Human Emperor’s dao? What nonsense. I suspect that Human Emperor had deliberately left that dao incomplete. Like how Soy Bun is capable of implanting suggestions in the minds of others, Human Emperor’s dao is far better at that. Do you think breaking free is possible for someone at my current strength? Don’t take me for a fool.”

Great Zhou King said, “I’m not taking you for a fool. Even if that’s not a dao you can renounce, Human Emperor’s dao is also an incredibly special dao. This dao is enough to make you a supreme powerhouse.”

Su Yu laughed and said, “In that case, I would rather stay weaker and happier for now. A Master of Law for the responsibility dao might not be happier than even a free Skysoar. I don’t care what you think. This is my choice.”

Fuck!

What else could Great Zhou King say to that? What could he say when Su Yu said that he would rather stay weaker?

Great Zhou King was collapsing mentally as he said, “But…you are the only one in a hundred thousand years. Why…must you…perhaps…Human Emperor’s dao will never be able to find another successor…”

Su Yu grinned and said, “Just pretend I don’t exist and keep waiting for your next successor.”

“No…there’s no time left.” Great Zhou King said with despair, “Why would I waste my time saying all this to you if it is still possible for another successor to appear?”

“Yes, this is indeed a waste of time. Just keep waiting. Wait until Human Emperor returns. He can keep working on his own dao when he’s back.”

Damn it!

If that were possible, why would he be here?

Great Zhou King was cursing inwardly as he said, “I don’t understand. What’s so bad about His Majesty’s dao? If you’re not going to accept it, don’t talk about it. Why did you tell me about it when you don’t intend to accept the inheritance?”

He wouldn’t feel so terrible if he stayed ignorant. Even now, he still couldn’t calm himself. He had been waiting for a hundred thousand years. The wait was so long that he had despaired long ago. He had thought that a successor would never appear.

Earlier, he was only trying to ask if Su Yu had discovered traces of Human Emperor in that dao. His old master had been gone for too long. He was trying to find traces of his old master. But instead, Su Yu told him that Su Yu could inherit that dao, but Su Yu had merely rejected it.

Just what…was the logic in that choice? Great Zhou King felt like he was going crazy. From hope to despair. He had long been used to this despair. But suddenly, Su Yu gave him hope before smashing that hope apart. That was why Great Zhou King had lost his calm.

Su Yu was truly the greatest scumbag of all time.

An unfilial scumbag.

An animal!

He should have slapped this bastard to death back them! This was so infuriating!

Great Zhou King roared in fury, and the others hurriedly distanced themselves from him. Had he gone crazy from the argument with Su Yu?

How terrifying.

Not only had Su Yu caused Great Zhou King to lose his body, but Su Yu had also caused Great Zhou King to lose his mind.

How ruthless.

“Old Zhou…”

Great Qin King tried to comfort his old friend, “Calm down. Don’t be so angry. What is this? It’s merely rejecting a dao. It’s no big deal…”

“Shut your damn mouth!” Great Zhou King roared, “Do you hear me? You fool! Initially, I was hoping that you would be the successor. But you’re too stupid! Damn you!

“I voluntarily acted as your little brother for hundreds of years, hoping that you would be reliable. I only hoped that you would be willing to do more for humanity, hoped that you would be impartial, hoped that you would be the new human lord and an existence Human Emperor would acknowledge. But you! You quit halfway! Damn you! Die! Die, you bastard!”

Boom!

The mad Great Zhou King started attacking Great Qin King.

Su Yu was stunned.

For some reason, he found this funny.

Yes, Great Qin King was a unique existence as well. He was able to operate without the interference of old fossils. In a way, he was the human lord Great Zhou King had supported from the dark. Unfortunately, Great Qin King had failed to win everyone’s support.

However, he had indeed sacrificed much for humanity. He had a strong sense of responsibility toward humanity. He had never gotten himself involved with the internal conflicts of humanity. He focused only on external threats. He spent hundreds of years at the Eastrift Valley. When the other Eternals were busy scheming against each other, he was focused on resisting the external enemies.

He was able to operate without the interference of any old fossil. One could say that Great Qin King was very different from the nine human lords before him. Alas, he had ultimately failed to grow into a human lord.

Great Zhou King had been allowing Great Qin King to grow freely. He knew what Human Emperor’s dao was, and he knew that the perfect successor for him was none other than Great Qin King.

He granted Great Qin King a high degree of freedom, only subtly influencing Great Qin King every now and then, making Great Qin King someone who only cared about protecting humanity.

Now that the new human lord, Su Yu, had decided to stray from this path, there was nothing Great Zhou King could do. Thus, he went crazy the moment Great Qin King spoke.

Boom!

A fight erupted as Great Qin King roared furiously, “Enough! If you keep coming at me, I won’t hold back anymore!”

“Stop holding back, then! Kill me! Come on, Qin Guang! Fuck you! I no longer have any patience for you!”